A YOUNG Briton has outlined why the UK must leave the European Union – warning that the Brussels bloc “locks us into a neoliberal economic model”.

The Briton insisted the so-called People’s Vote campaign is “patronising people” while failing to address the key issues with the European Union. The Channel 4 News debate was organised to give a voice to the 18 to 20-year-olds who were too young to vote in the 2016 Brexit Referendum. The youngster said: “They have tried to buy people off, especially with things like cheap holidays and they are not talking about the real issues and about the way our country has gone for the last 40 years.

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“Austerity in Greece imposed by the EU – all of these really important things.”

The young Briton added: “The EU locks us into a neoliberal straitjacket.

“It locks us into a neoliberal economic model and if we make real change in Britain, which is what is needed after what we’ve seen – the complete rejection of the status quo that was the Brexit vote.

“We need to leave.”

Brexit news: British resident calls on Britain to leave the European Union (Image: GETTY•Channel 4 News)

Another person said: “The future is the rest of the world. The European Union is a stagnating economy as a whole.

“It is extremely protectionist and in the wider world, there is a lot of growth. Let’s look at Africa, for example.

“Other countries that look after their own interests, such as China, are investing billions of pounds in Africa because they know that is where the growth will be int he 21st century.”

Parliament is set to vote on the draft Brexit divorce deal on January 15 – nearly a month after Theresa May first pulled it to avoid a defeat in the Commons.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt claimed on Friday that the UK could risk never leaving the EU if Mrs May’s Brexit deal was voted down by MPs next week.

The Foreign Secretary said a "Brexit paralysis" caused by a failure of the Prime Minister's proposal would make the possibility of not leaving the EU more likely.

He appealed to MPs who have spent months fighting for their "number one top favourite outcome" to come together behind a Withdrawal Agreement which is "not perfect" but "broadly delivers Brexit".

Mr Hunt warned that failure to deliver Brexit would be "incredibly damaging" for the UK and something the country would regret for "many, many generations".

EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker also sent a stark warning to Mrs May today and said she shouldn’t “confuse” their recent discussions with negotiations as the Prime Minister attempts to deliver a number of concessions ahead of the crunch vote on her Brexit deal.

Speaking in Romania, Mr Juncker also urged MPs to back the controversial deal because a no-deal Brexit would be a “disaster” for the United Kingdom.

He said: “I do not like the prospect of a no-deal, which would be a disaster for our British friends.

“Every effort needs to be made to make sure this important issue is resolved satisfactorily.”